Gayané Khachaturian 

Biography

    Gayané Khachaturian was born in Tbilisi, Georgia in 1942. She lives and works in Tbilisi. She Studied art at Nikoladze Art School in Tbilisi, Georgia. 
    Started serious involvement in art after graduation from Youth Workers Republican School in Tbilisi, 1960. In 1963 made acquaintance of painter A. Bajbeuk-Melikian, who played major role in her artistic formation and started exhibiting professionally since that date.
    In 1965 People’s Artist of Georgia E. Akhvlediani took interest in her work. From 1967 to 1971 she took part in exhibitions of amateur artists and folk artisans at the State Gallery of Tbilisi, Georgia.
    In 1968 her works were presented in the “Decorative Art Magazine”, Moscow, USSR.
    Gayané Khachaturian’s works were included in the Yerevan Museum of Contemporary Art since 1978. Her works are also included in permanent collections of the National Gallery of Armenia, Sergey Parajanov Museum in Yerevan as well as a number of private collections.

Exhibitions

1971     First solo exhibition in Armenia at the Artists’ Union and the House of                           Scientists in Yerevan.
1972     Solo exhibition at the House of Actors, named after A.Khorava in                                     Tbilisi,Georgia. National Gallery of Armenia and Museum of                                             Contemporary Art,Yerevan, Armenia.
1978     “Art of Armenia”, Traveling exhibition in Paris, Lyons and Marseilles,France,                 and Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon,Portugal. 
1987     “Art of Armenia”, Civico Eremitani Museum, Padua, Italy.
1993     “Seven-Colored Muse”, National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1995     “Armenian Contemporary Art”, Palace of Justice, Paris, France. Solo                              exhibition at Palace of Justice, Paris, France.
2001     Solo exhibition at Nashchiokin Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
2008     Solo exhibition at Tsvetayeva Museum, Moscow, Russia.

Documentary films on Gayané Khachaturian

“Gayané”, by Yuri Erznkian, with introduction by Martiros Sarian, 1971, “Armen Film” Studios, Yerevan, Armenia.
“Blue Wind, Scent of Almonds”, by Rouben Gevorgians, 1978, “Armen Film” Studios, Yerevan, Armenia.
“Gayané Khachaturian”, by Fotos Lambrinos, 1989, Athens, Greece.
“Gayané From Tbilisi”, by Levon Grigorian, 2006, Moscow, Russia.